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Philippines
May 19, 2007 4:53am CST
They were saying that the opposite of love was not hate - it's apathy. Do you agree with this?
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@easyzheng (666)
• China
26 May 07
it's right that the antonym for love is not hate. you can only love a very small handful of people all your life. But it doesn't mean that you hate the majority of people in the world. Still I don't think the opposite of love is apathy which means indifference (am I right in understanding the word apathy?). I think the opposite of love is not "not love".
• Philippines
26 May 07
yes, apathy means indifference or lack of interest.
• Philippines
26 May 07
meaning lock of interest to each other or indifferences.I think it maybe true but im not sure.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
19 May 07
Yes, I very much agree with that. Love and hate are not really opposites; they are both active emotions - that is, they both require one to actually do something about them. Sometimes, even, they can exist together for the same object, as one may love a person but hate their actions. The opposite of an active emotion like this is therefore truly 'apathy' and it is better to either love or hate than not to care.